GA- Jury Selection Begins Today In Murder Of 6-Year-Old (Son of a RSO)

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9-22-2009 Georgia:

Jury selection is set to begin today in the trial of a Brunswick man charged in the rape and murder of a 6-year-old boy.

Christopher Barrios disappeared from his mobile home park in March 2007. David Edenfield, 61, faces he death penalty if convicted on charges of kidnapping, child molestation and murder in Brunswick.

Due to pre-trial publicity in the case, the jury will be picked in Jeff Davis County, southwest of Savannah, and brought to Glynn County for the trial.

Edenfield, along with his wife, Peggy, and adult son George, were charged after searchers found the boy's body.

Edenfield's wife is expected to testify against him. Police say she watched her husband and adult son take turns raping the 6-year-old before killing him.

Peggy Edenfield and the couple's 34-year-old son, George, who is a convicted child molester, will be tried later. ..Source.. by Adam Kirk - Morning News Producer